service providers

Seattle has a long history of urban Indigenous community leaders providing culturally informed services of healthcare, housing, cultural programming, education, and healing.

  • Seattle Indian Health Board

    Seattle Indian Health Board provides healthcare through a variety of culturally attuned services that care for people in a holistic way.

    Call (206) 324-9360 to get started and speak with licensed medical, dental, nutrition and WIC, behavioral health, and substance use disorder professionals.

  • Urban Indian Health Institute

    Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) is leading the way in research and data for urban American Indian and Alaska Native communities. UIHI conducts research and evaluation, collects and analyzes data, and provides disease surveillance to strengthen the health of American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

  • Chief Seattle Club

    Chief Seattle Club is dedicated to physically and spiritually supporting American Indian and Alaska Native people. At the Day Center in the Pioneer Square district of downtown Seattle, CSC provides food, primary health care, housing assistance, legal services, a Native art job training program, and opportunities for members to engage in cultural community-building.

  • Mother Nation

    Mother Nation is a non-profit grassroots Native American organization which offers culturally informed healing services, advocacy, mentorship and homeless prevention in the State of Washington. Mother Nation’s culturally informed healing services are custom designed and provided by credentialed Native American Elders who apply culture to clinical practice.

  • Seattle Indian Center

    For over 60 years now — since 1958 — the Seattle Indian Center has been carrying out its mission of responding to the community’s needs in education, employment, housing, hygiene, food and other emergency services to ALL people in need, including American Indians/Alaska Natives. Seattle Indian Center’s motto states: “The First Americans helping ALL Americans.”

  • United Indians of All Tribes Foundation

    The United Indians of All Tribes Foundation’s mission is to provide educational, cultural and social services that reconnect Indigenous people in the Puget Sound region to their heritage by strengthening their sense of belonging and significance as Native people.

  • Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits

    The Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits member organizations represent civic engagement, health and social services, arts and culture, economic development, and education. SUNN creates a space for smaller organizations to join with larger organizations, amplifying their role in decision-making and their ability to advocate.

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    Cowlitz Tribal Health Service

    The mission of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe’s Health and Human Services Department is to promote an optimal level of health and well-being for American Indians and Alaska Natives by utilizing traditional, modern, and culturally sensitive medical and social service practices which create balance in the physical, mental, spiritual, and social components of life.

    Phone: (206) 721-5170

Restaurants & Caterers

  • ʔálʔal Café

    Located in the heart of Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood, ʔálʔal Café reclaims and reintroduces traditional Indigenous foods in a modern café setting.

  • Native Soul Cuisine

    Chef Jeremy Thunderbird serves Seattle’s only Native American inspired soul food. Follow his Instagram account for catering and pop-up info.

  • Off The Rez Cafe

    Off the Rez Cafe is located at the Burke Museum on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. See website for food truck location and catering information.

  • Birch Basket

    Hillel Echo-Hawk is an Indigenous chef, caterer and speaker providing catering with menus of Indigenous ingredients paired with stories of the people and the land that the food tells.